On Sun, 23 Jul 2017 09:32:49 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 7/23/2017 7:58 AM, Stormin' Norman wrote:


We then set out to find where the circuits were grounded. After 15
minutes, we located a bundle of 13 wires, connected to a steel
grounding stud, under the battery and spot welded to the wheel well
fender.

What a ridiculous approach to electrical design, 13 wires of varying
sizes crimped into one connector and not even soldered. The wires
were not protected with heat shrink tubing or even with some kind of
insulating electrical putty. With the bundle of wires under the
battery, what engineer couldn't foresee battery related corrosives
affecting the wires and connections... geez.

Engine by Mopar. Electrical by Lucas.
Are you sure it was a Dodge? Sounds like something you'd find on a
Jaguar.
Nope. Good old Cherman engineering coutesy of Daimler Chrysler. Now
that the Italians have their fingers in the soup coutesy of FCA, we
will see if things iprove slightly or get much worse. The only
electrical systems worse than lucas and Bosch are Magnetti Marelli
and Ducellier.(oh - and those with all the strange cryllic charachters
in the name)